Sol Gubin

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Sol Gubin (born July 11, 1928 , † May 15, 1996 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( drums , vibraphone , percussion ).

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Gubin attended school in Atlantic City from 1937 to 1939 and worked in the American music scene from the early 1950s; first recordings were made in 1955 with Johnny Richards . In the following years he played a. a. in the orchestras of Hal McIntyre , Tex Beneke , Charlie Barnet , with the Gene Quill - Dick Sherman Quintet, Gene Roland / Clark Terry , Neal Hefti , Teddy Wilson , Elliot Lawrence , Stan Kenton , Art Farmer , Vic Schoen / Les Brown , Bucky Pizzarelli , Johnny Smith , Doc Severinsen , Benny Goodman , Zoot Sims , Bill Potts , Michel Legrand , Gary McFarland , Kai Winding , Cal Tjader , JJ Johnson , Wes Montgomery and Walter Wanderley . In 1955 he was a member of Leonard Bernstein's "Jazz Band".

Gubin has also been in studio orchestras (including Hugo Winterhalter , Buddy Bregman and Hal Mooney ) as accompanist for Lucy Reed , Helen Merrill , Ann Gilbert , Julie Wilson , Tony Bennett , Teddi King , Sally Blair , Ruth Brown , Chris Connor , Buddy Greco , Carmen McRae , Jackie Paris , Carol Sloane , Joe Williams , Toots Thielemans , Esther Phillips and The Mills Brothers / Count Basie . From the 1970s he worked regularly for Frank Sinatra , also with Ralph Burns , The Manhattan Transfer ( The Christmas Album ) and most recently with the American Jazz Philharmonic under the direction of Jack Elliott . In the field of jazz he was involved in 122 recording sessions between 1954 and 1992. Gubin died in Los Angeles at the age of 67.

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Individual evidence

  1. Brief entry
  2. Modern Drummer: MD, Volume 20 Modern Drummer Publications, 1996
  3. International Association of Jazz Record Collectors., 1988
  4. Stephen L. Barnhart: Percussionists: A Biographical Dictionary . Greenwood Press, 2000, p. 141
  5. Sol Rubin at DAHR
  6. Leonard Bernstein's "jazz band"
  7. Will Friedwald : Sinatra! the Song is You: A Singer's Art 1995, p. 502.
  8. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 7, 2018)